Junji Ishiwatari

is a Japanese musician, songwriter and record producer. He is also famous for being a guitarist of the Japanese band Supercar.

Biography Ishiwatari found an ad looking for band members that had been posted by Miki Furukawa at a musical instrument store in Hachinohe. He made contact with her in 1995, invited his childhood friend Kōji Nakamura, and while still in high school they formed a band. Kōdai Tazawa later joined the band, which was named Supercar.

Supercar made its debut with a major label in 1997 and in 1998 it released the influential debut album, Three Out Change. Music critic Ian Martin has called it "one of the all-time great Japanese rock albums." Ishiwatari played guitar and wrote all the lyrics.

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Supercar continued to perform and produced albums that increasingly combined alternative rock with electronic music. Supercar has been characterized as having "almost foundational importance to 21st century Japanese indie rock". The band broke up in 2005, and Ishiwatari began working as a lyricist and record producer.

In 2010, Ishiwatari released the single "Kamisama no Iutōri" with Yoshinori Sunahara who was a former member of Denki Groove. They featured Etsuko Yakushimaru (Sōtaisei Riron etc.) as a vocalist. This song was featured as the closing theme for the anime, The Tatami Galaxy.

Discography Supercar

2004 Nona Reeves "Ai no Taiyō" – lyrics Halcali "Oboroge Copy View" – lyrics

2005 Nona Reeves "Tōmei Girl" – lyrics B-Dash "New Horizon" – lyrics Asako Toki "Watashi no Okiniiri" – lyrics Chatmonchy "chatmonchy has come" – produce Kousuke Atari "Subete ni Imi wo Kurerumono", "Suna no Shiro" – lyrics

2006 Nona Reeves "Christmas Time" – lyrics Kousuke Atari "Michi" – lyrics Chatmonchy "Koi no Kemuri" – produce B-Dash "Oh my love" – lyrics Suemitsu & the Suemith "Irony (" Bittersweet Irony "Japanese Version)", "Arabesque (" Melody Played by Pianist "Japanese Version)", "Sherbet Snow and the Airplane" – Japanese lyrics Chatmonchy "Renai Spirits" – produce Kousuke Atari "Mahiru no Hanabi" – lyrics Chatmonchy "Miminari" – produce Suemitsu & the Suemith "Astaire" – Japanese lyrics Disco Twins "Adabana" – lyrics FLOW "Kandata" – lyrics Merengue "Kurai Tokoro de Machiawase ~ Rōdoku: Rena Tanaka" – lyrics Chatmonchy "Shangri-La" – produce

2007 Chatmonchy "Joshitachi ni Asu wa nai" – produce 9mm Parabellum Bullet "The WORLD", "Heat-Island" – produce FLEET "sociologie" – lyrics Chatmonchy "Tobiuo no Butterfly / Sekai ga Owaru Yoru ni" – produce Kousuke Atari "Hitosashiyubi no Melody", "Koi no Shiori" – lyrics Chatmonchy "Daidai" – produce Kana Uemura "Anata no Sono Egao wa Ii Hint ni naru" – lyrics 9mm Parabellum Bullet "Discommunication ep" – produce (Various Artists) "Rock for Baby" – supervise Chatmonchy "life force" – produce

2008 Itsco "SEKI-LALALA" – lyrics Superfly "Ai wo Komete Hanataba wo" – lyrics Chatmonchy "Hirahira Hiraku Himitsu no Tobira" – produce FUTABA enjoy with Tomita Labo "Get up! Do the right! featuring Chikuzen Sato & bird" – lyrics Suemitsu & The Suemith "The Island March", "ID" – lyrics 9mm Parabellum Bullet "Supernova / Wanderland" – produce Chatmonchy "Kaze Fukeba Koi" – produce 9mm Parabellum Bullet "Vampire" – produce

2009 Miho Fukuhara "La La La FIGHTERS" – lyrics

2010 Junji Ishiwatari & Yoshinori Sunahara + Etsuko Yakushimaru "Kamisama no Iutōri" – lyrics FLiP "Dear Girls" – lyrics, produce FLiP "mulu mole" – lyrics, arrangement, produce alan "Na mo Naki Tane" – lyrics Chiaki Kuriyama "Kanōsei Girl" – lyrics

2011 FLiP "Katoniago" – lyrics, arrangement, produce FLiP "Michi Evolution" – lyrics, arrangement, produce Kousuke Atari "Kimi no Kakera feat Emiri Miyamoto" – lyrics Seira "Shinpai bakka Mou Shinakuteiiyo" – lyrics, produce Rock'A'Trench "Bohemia" – lyrics, arrangement, produce Negoto "Karon" – lyrics, arrangement, produce Rock'A'Trench "Hikarisasu Hō e" – lyrics, arrangement, produce F.T. Island "Satisfaction", "Itsuka" – lyrics Rock'A'Trench "Hibi no Nukumori dakede" – lyrics, arrangement, produce Hi Lockation Markets "Tabibito" – lyrics FTIsland "Satisfaction" – lyrics NICO Touches the Walls "Matryoshka" – lyrics, arrangement, produce Chiaki Kuriyama "Kuchi ni Shita LOVE", "Knōsei Girl", "Ladies & Gentlemen" – lyrics S.R.S "Real Lie" – lyrics, arrangement, produce Halcali "Superstitions" – lyrics

2012 F.T. Island "Neverland" – lyrics Girls' Generation "Paparazzi" – songwriting Girls' Generation "All My Love Is for You" – songwriting Girls' Generation "Flower Power" – lyrics

2013 Shinee "Fire" – lyrics Shinee "Moon River Waltz" – lyrics

2016 Glim Spanky "Wild Side wo Ike" – co-wrote the lyrics Glim Spanky "Ikari o Kure yo" – co-wrote the lyrics

2017 EXO-CBX "Miss You" – lyrics

2018 Taeyeon "I'm The Greatest" – lyrics

2022 Glim Spanky "Fukou Are" – co-wrote the lyrics